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Five years ago when we learned that Final Fantasy VII's remake would be broken up into separate installments it left fans, and newcomers, worried about how much content would be present in the first installment. Especially upon learning it only took place in Midgar, which wasn't even half of what the original game offered. However, what Square Enix gave us here is a fully fleshed out and wonderfully realized world…
While Persona 5 Royal is technically a port of the original Persona 5 with enhancements, made only for the PlayStation 4, it's also so much more than that. What's offered in this package is more depth to the already incredible story, with new characters, confidants, palaces, music, and even a new semester. Persona 5 Royal is a game with heart, ambition, style, and a killer soundtrack, all of which adds to the…
It was four years ago when id Software released a refreshing take on the well-loved Doom franchise and has been rolling full steam ahead with Doom Eternal ever since then. What the 2016 installment of Doom offered was an exhilaratingly fun, fast-paced shooter that left fans of the genre, and franchise, with their jaws on the floor. The question most of us had coming into Doom Eternal was if they could keep that…
It's been about five years since Moon Studios released a stunning action-platformer that captured the heart, and tears, of many fans. However, in that time, the team honed their skills and released yet another gorgeous, heart-wrenching tale that had me smiling from ear-to-ear practically the entire time and left completely devastated in others. Ori and the Will of the Wisps take everything that worked in the first…
Pokémon Sword is a video game that has a ton of ambition but never sticks the landing. Everything from the Wild Area, to Dynamaxing/Gigantamaxing, and gyms just feel stiff and poorly implemented. The game's opening does a great job of setting up the word and its characters and does an even better job at setting up the drive behind your character's dream at becoming the Champion. However, the pacing of setting up the…
